2019 -- S 0188 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N | |
RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THE RHODE ISLAND PUBLIC UTILITIES | |
COMMISSION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RHODE ISLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL | |
AND NATIONAL GRID INVESTIGATE AND DETERMINE THE CAUSES FOR THE | |
RECENT LOSS OF GAS UTILITY SERVICE ON AQUIDNECK ISLAND | |
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Introduced By: Senators Euer, DiPalma, Seveney, Coyne, and Ruggerio | |
Date Introduced: January 31, 2019 | |
Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration | |
1 | WHEREAS, Beginning on Monday night, January 21, 2019, a natural gas shutdown on |
2 | Aquidneck Island affected 7,100 National Grid customers and occurred in the midst of a severely |
3 | bitter cold front that was hitting Rhode Island; and |
4 | WHEREAS, With temperatures in the single digits until Tuesday morning and only rising |
5 | into the 20’s later that day, Aquidneck Island residents who had lost their gas heat were forced to |
6 | scramble and quickly find new places to stay, be it with relatives or at a hotel. They were, at the |
7 | least, severely inconvenienced, and this emergency possibly imperiled the health of some |
8 | citizens, especially the elderly, the very young, and the infirm; and |
9 | WHEREAS, Area businesses were also impacted, as many were forced to close. |
10 | Employees lost wages and employers lost revenue as a result of this crisis; now, therefore be it |
11 | RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations |
12 | hereby respectfully requests that the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, in conjunction |
13 | with the Rhode Island Attorney General and National Grid investigate and determine the causes |
14 | for the recent loss of gas utility service on Aquidneck Island; and be it further |
15 | RESOLVED, That this Senate hereby requests the Rhode Island Public Utilities |
16 | Commission to report back to the Senate on or before June 4, 2019; and be it further |
17 | RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
18 | transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Honorable Gina M. Raimondo, Governor of |
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1 | the State of Rhode Island, Peter F. Neronha, Rhode Island Attorney General, Ms. Margaret |
2 | Curran, Chairperson of the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission, and Mr. Tim Horan, |
3 | President & COO, Rhode Island Jurisdiction, National Grid. |
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